Kerem Shalom border crossing

Pineapples stuffed with thousands of smuggled cigarettes intercepted by IDF at Gaza crossing

The cigarette-filled pineapples were transported in a truck carrying a shipment purchased by an Israeli company, intended to reach the Kerem Shalom Crossing as part of humanitarian aid.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
Pineapple filled with cigarettes intended to be smuggled across the border into Gaza.
President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog at a Kibbutz Kerem Shalom event marking 1,000 days since the October 7 attacks, July 2, 2026.

Herzog, first lady, visit Kibbutz Kerem Shalom on day 1,000 since October 7 massacre

"We will continue to plant, to build, to nurture life, and to choose hope. And so our answer is one and the same: to keep planting, building, nurturing life, and choosing hope,” Herzog said.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
A truck carrying humanitarian aid bound for the Gaza Strip drives at the inspection area at the Kerem Shalom crossing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Israel, March 14, 2024.

IDF major charged with aiding enemy, taking bribe in alleged Gaza smuggling scheme

The officer, whose identifying details are barred from publication, was charged with aiding the enemy, taking a bribe, aggravated smuggling, attempted aggravated smuggling, fraud, and breach of trust.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
A truck loaded with humanitarian aid waits to cross from the Egyptian side of Rafah en rounte to the Kerem Shalom crossing into the Gaza Strip on October 20, 2025.

IDF officer charged with aiding the enemy in Kerem Shalom smuggling case

An IDF lieutenant has been charged with smuggling goods into Gaza, using his military role to facilitate the operation in exchange for a bribe.

|ByJAMES GENN

Netanyahu promises heavy hand against Hamas, closes Kerem Shalom Crossing

An estimated 28,000 dunams have been burnt in southern Israel since March 30th.

JULY 9, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM, GIL HOFFMAN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

15 fires in Gaza border communities, IDF strikes targets in Gaza in response

The Israel Air Force attacked two Hamas observation points in retaliation for explosive rigged balloons over the weekend as fires continued to rage across southern Israel.

JUNE 16, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
A field set on fire by Palestinian terrorists using balloons with burning materials attached to them

Kerem Shalom Crossing to be closed in light of riots

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman made the decision to close the border crossing after it sustained extensive damage during the protests in Gaza.

MAY 12, 2018ByCHAYA EISENBERG
Kerem Shalom crossing burning on the Palestinian side after Friday protests

Israel intercepts smuggled IDF uniforms and mercury at Gaza border

Security forces intercepted two smuggling attempts at the Kerem Shalom border crossing this week.

MARCH 13, 2018ByCHAYA EISENBERG
Confiscated uniforms at Kerem Shalom Border Crossing

Israel foils smuggling of explosive materials to Gaza in medical crates

Israeli authorities regular foil smuggling attempts at crossings into Hamas-run Gaza Strip

FEBRUARY 4, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Explosive materials discovered inside crates of medical supplies at the Kerem Shalom Crossing into the Gaza Strip

Israel seizes largest ever shipment of military clothes headed to Gaza

Consignment that originated in China included thousands of articles of camouflauge coats, boots and combat vests.

JANUARY 15, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Military-style clothes detected by Israeli custom officials en-route to Gaza

IDF confirms destroying Hamas tunnel stretching into Israel, Egypt

Tunnel believed to be aimed for use in attack on Kerem Shalom border crossing

JANUARY 14, 2018ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Image of the Hamas terror tunnel destroyed by the IAF

Israel thwarts attempt to smuggle tons of explosive material into Gaza

A new Israeli laboratory enables the identification of substances which could benefit terror groups in the Gaza Strip.

NOVEMBER 22, 2017ByEYTAN HALON
Palestinians walk past trucks loaded with gravel at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip December 30, 2012.

Hamas cedes Gaza border crossings to Palestinian Authority control

The handover follows the conclusion of a reconciliation deal in October between the two Palestinian rival factions.

NOVEMBER 1, 2017ByBEN LYNFIELD
Hamas hands over control of the Rafa border crossing with Egypt to the Palestinian Authority

Israel thwarts smuggling attempt at Gaza border crossing

If the glove fits...

OCTOBER 23, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM